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food-safety-sanitizing
Cleaning and Sanitizing Food Contact Surfaces
Always tested on the ServSafe
Clean first, then sanitize. Air-dry. Sanitize cutting boards between raw and ready-to-eat.
About this skill
Cleaning and sanitizing food-contact surfaces: remove debris, wash with hot soapy water, rinse, sanitize with approved chemical at correct concentration, air-dry (never towel-dry).
11 total steps
7 critical steps
Time limit: 5 min
What graders are watching for
- 1Clean before sanitizing
- 2Air-dry only
- 3Sanitize cutting boards between raw and ready-to-eat
Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- !Sanitizing without cleaning
- !Towel-drying
- !Not sanitizing between tasks
Practice this skill step-by-step
The static walkthrough above is the marketing overview. The full step-by-step interactive practice (with critical-step highlighting, per-step "why this matters" rationale, and what graders watch for on each individual step) is unlocked with a subscription.